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Tango01  | 22 Jun 2026 1:36 p.m. PST |
… They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal's Legendary War Elephants "In 2019, archaeologists unearthed a strange bone alongside a trove of ancient catapult projectiles in Córdoba, Spain. According to a study published this month in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, the bone may be from one of Hannibal's war elephants, which the Carthaginian general used against Romans in the Second Punic War. The bone "could prove to be a landmark," lead author Rafael Martínez Sánchez, an archaeologist at the University of Cordoba, tells Live Science's Tom Metcalfe. Until now, "there has been no direct archaeological testimony for the use of these animals."…" link Armand |
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